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Whitby jet is a prehistoric black fossil mainly associated with Victorian mourning jewellery but now rare. Jacqueline Cullen has developed innovative formats allowing the natural beauty of the material to speak for itself removed from connotations of death and morbidity. Inspired by dramatic acts of nature, the breaking up of a bold fluid form is central to her work where fissures and crevices release a luxurious cascade of textured gold or glittering diamonds. Jacqueline Cullen is the only person working with Whitby jet in a non-traditional way and she remains committed to introducing this ancient and sensual material to a contemporary audience.
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Edinburgh. Resin, silver, gold leaf, aluminium leaf. Outlets and exhibitions include Lesley Craze Gallery, London; Strathearn Gallery, Crieff; Pyramid, York and The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh .
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Workshop Heathfield in East Sussex. Alison is well known for her exquisite jewellery based around techniques of chainmail. She trained at Portsmouth and exhibits her work in London and Internationally.
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Bangles, pendants, neckpieces and rings in silver with 18ct gold and diamonds.
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A recent graduate of The Cass, London, Karen Fox has won awards from the British Jewellers Association and The Worshipful Company of Pewterers. She has been selected for several exhibitions, including "Rising Stars" at The New Ashgate Gallery and The Silver Festival in Legnica, Poland.
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Birmingham. Precious metals, mainly one-offs. Represented UK at Inhorgenta 2002 where she won the Innovation Prize, one of four winners out of 450 contestants. Outlets include Topkapi, Rennes; ix-design, Freiburg, Germany; Gill Wing, London & Williamson Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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Hebden Bridge. Silver, Jet and Bog oak. New Designers One year On Award winner, 2007. Exhibitions and Outlets: Crafts Council Showcase, V&A, London; Masters & Proteges, Itami & Tokyo, Japan; Refresh, Kath Libbert, Brazen, Glasgow; Flow Gallery, London
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Collecting and studying found objects from Scotland's shorelines is the starting point in Grace's creative process. Distinctive one-off pieces created using pebbles & driftwood combined with silver and enamel.
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Jed Green designs and makes jewellery using lampblown glass.She creates innovative contemporary and exclusively hand made, one off pieces.
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Workshop Bristol. "Fossiized Plastic" jewellery in acrylic, dyed and embossed. Brilliantly coloured and richly patterned. Each piece is a one-off and individually made. Outlets include: The Sainsbury Center, SDC Gallery Shorditch, Flow Gallery, The Platform Gallery Hatton Garden, Gill Wing islington, Victoria Sewart, Quadri, The Open Eye Gallery, Eaton Appied Arts & The Arnolfini Bristol
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